Events of 2019 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels and includes a brief year-end summary of major social and economic issues.
Incumbents
President and cabinet
President: Andres Manuel López Obrador
Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón
Secretary of the Treasury (SHCP): Carlos Manuel Urzúa Macías, until July 9, 2019 Arturo Herrera, starting July 10, 2019 Secretary of Economy (SE): Graciela Márquez Colín Secretary of Energy (SENER): Norma Rocío Nahle García Secretary of Agriculture (SADER): Víctor Villalobos Secretary of Labor (STPS): Luisa María Alcalde Luján Education Secretary (SEP): Esteban Moctezuma Communictions Secretary (SCT): Javier Jiménez Espriú Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT) Josefa González-Blanco Ortiz-Mena, until May 25, 2019) Víctor Manuel Toledo, starting May 27, 2019 Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Miguel Torruco Marqués Secretary of the Civil Service (FUNCION PUBLICA): Irma Sandoval-Ballesteros Secretary of Health (SALUD): Jorge Alcocer Varela Secretary of Agrarian Development and Urban Planning (SEDATU): Román Guillermo Meyer Secretary of Welfare (BIENESTAR9: María Luisa Albores González Secretary of Culture (CULTURA): Alejandra Frausto Guerrero Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Luis Cresencio Sandoval Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): José Rafael Ojeda Durán Secretary of Security: Alfonso Durazo Montaño Attorney General of Mexico (FGR): Alejandro Gertz Manero
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea (since January 2, 2019)
Governors
Aguascalientes: Martín Orozco Sandoval
Baja California: Francisco Vega de Lamadrid , until October 31 Jaime Bonilla , starting November 1 Baja California Sur: Carlos Mendoza Davis, Campeche: Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas , until June 13 Carlos Miguel Aysa González, acting governor , starting June 13 Chiapas: Rutilio Escandón Chihuahua: Javier Corral Jurado Coahuila: Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís Colima: José Ignacio Peralta Distrito Federal: Claudia Sheinbaum Durango: José Rosas Aispuro Guanajuato: Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo Guerrero: Héctor Astudillo Flores Hidalgo: Omar Fayad Jalisco: Enrique Alfaro Ramírez, Independent México (state): Alfredo del Mazo Maza Michoacán: Silvano Aureoles Conejo Morelos: Cuauhtémoc Blanco Nayarit: Antonio Echevarría García Nuevo León: Jaime Rodríguez Calderón, Independent Oaxaca: Alejandro Murat Hinojosa Puebla: Jesús Rodríguez Almeida Interim governor , until January 21 Guillermo Pacheco Pulido Acting governor , January 21 – July 31 Miguel Barbosa Huerta , starting August 1. Querétaro: Francisco Domínguez Servién Quintana Roo: Carlos Joaquín González San Luis Potosí: Juan Manuel Carreras Sinaloa: Quirino Ordaz Coppel Sonora: Claudia Pavlovich Arellano Tabasco: Adán Augusto López Hernández , starting January 1 Tamaulipas: Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca Tlaxcala: Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez Veracruz: Cuitláhuac García Jiménez Yucatán: Mauricio Vila Dosal Zacatecas: Alejandro Tello Cristerna